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    Tamiya P-51 for Trumpeter TBM (US preferably)

    in Buy, sell, swap, seek

    Posted

    Nice kit and I wish I had the TBM. 

    Just a heads-up:  The EagleCal Big Beautiful Doll nose checkers do not fit the Tamiya kit.  I built this exact kit and with these decals and worked with EagleCal for over a month on the BBD decals.  They sent me two different sets of decals to replace the set I had bought.  None fit - huge gaps and did not fit the contours.  They finally admitted they scaled up the 1/48 decals to 1/32 size.  However, Tamiya re-engineered the 1/32 kit - they did not simply upscale their 1/48 kit.  Just want to save someone the headaches I went through trying to build Big Beautiful Doll.

    I finally ended up using Zotz nose checkers for a different Mustang from that group.  They fit extremely well with a minor bit of fitting.  The other EagleCal decals in the BBD set worked beautifully, including the wing-tip checkers.

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    McLaren MP4/6 Ayrton Senna Fujimi 1/20

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted · Edited by CANicoll
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    On 12/14/2024 at 3:34 PM, BlrwestSiR said:

    Thanks for sharing. I didn't know about that kit. 

    Going to look it up, too!  Love the looks of that car.

    23 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

    Good to know, thank you!

    Mike, be careful with the Solvaset.  It has been known to destroy delicate decals (ask me how I know...).  If you want to try some out, I'll lend you mine.  It is MUCH stronger than MicroSol.  I generally use it if nothing else works.

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    Are we doing a Christmas 🎅 raffle this year ?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    On 12/5/2024 at 9:29 AM, ScottsGT said:

    I’m in.  One year I did a gift card for anyone outside to CONUS and a kit from the stash for within.   I’ll probably go the gift card route this year as well.  

    This is my strategy as well.  The GC is for the price of what I would send but the funds can be used for anything.  I'm in!

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    Revell 1/24 2000 Dale Earnhardt #3

    in Non LSM 'WIP

    Posted · Edited by CANicoll
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    Making progress, especially on the glossy body.  There is still some visible carrier film, especially on the hood (bonnet), roof (roof) and trunk lid (boot, for our English friends :rofl: ).  This is the same gloss used under the decals : Tamiya X-22.  I used different thinning ratios, under the decals was about 55% Mr Color Leveling Thinner to 45% X-22 and sprayed light to medium coats.  Over the decals swapped the ratio's and layed down wet coats looking for a bit of a thicker coat to cover the carrier film.  I think with a few more coats I could get a perfectly smooth finish - right now you can still pick out the carrier film on some of the decals.  I have to trim some of the red line decals at the wheelwells.  Yes, I took the easy way out on those!  I cut the silver part of the decal off and just used the red band.

    Some of the brown stuff just would not come off from under some of the decals.  The examples that are easier to see here are the three decals on the door pillar and also around the world JESEL.

    Do you like my applesauce cup paint stands?  

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    Also got working on the rest of the car (oh yeah, those bits!).  I think it was Carl who introduced me to the Gundam markers, which I used liberally to outline the glass parts, as well as touch up the roll-cage padding and other black bits in the interior.  It goes on glossy, then dries to a matte/flat finish.  It has a felt tip which comes to a nice point for detail lines, but the sides can be used for wider applications.

    Started on one of the tires.  That center seam is a PITA but NASCAR slicks are not bright and shiny very long (like new F1 tires at the start) so will see how this looks in the end.  The tires (shown on the tire, bottom right) have three molded in marks.  One is a large "D5574", in very small letters is the word "radial", and the opposite from the D5574 is what I think is the size of the tire, but the marking is pretty indistinct, even when I photograph it and blow it up. 

    The molded in D5574 is probably a batch indicator for the tire, but the molding is way too raised compared to the actual Goodyear Eagles:

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    Still to be done, after I sort out the tires and wheels, is adding the Goodyear Eagle decals to each tire.

    Here are some of the other bits.

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    A different kind of build thread …

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Rog,  Beautiful build and what a nice place.  I understand your last update about DIY vs builder vs hiring a trade on the side. Basically the same here - you always pay a premium when you get the builder to add it.  

    Thanks for posting the pictures!  Fun to follow along...

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    Revell 1/24 2000 Dale Earnhardt #3

    in Non LSM 'WIP

    Posted

    Thanks Mike!!

    17 hours ago, DocRob said:

    Have you tried to warm the #3 decal with a hairdryer, Chris. I had stubborn decals settled perfectly with decal solvents and some added heat. 
    The black body prep doesn´t look too glossy and I hope, you will not run into silvering issues or visible carrier film later on.

    Cheers Rob

    Rob,  I ended up cutting out the folds (and a lot of carrier film) which seems to have done the job.  The camera may not show the glossy coat well (probably my lighting so as to not show too many reflections) however no silvering so far.  The bigger problem is the yellow film which is attached to the back of the decals.

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    13 hours ago, HubertB said:

    I read (but never tried) that, contrary to what common sense would have you imagine, exposing the yellowed decal sheets to the sunlight will help "bleach" them ...

    Goods save on the decal on the back.

    Hubert

    I have tried that, and not been successful on getting that to do anything but heat up the decal sheet.  :blink:

    The yellowing comes from the decal in the water and is under the decals so I guess part of the paper?  The challenge is the for most of the decals I've been able to actually wipe off the yellowing (literally flipping the decal over and brushing it with a wide, wet brush) but the yellowing isn't coming off of all of the decals.  The larger ones do pretty well - not intuitively.  Having more problem with the smaller decals such as the "Goodyear" decal over the front wheel well.

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    Making progress on the body decals.  The front grills are painted the same color: Vallejo Metal Color Gunmetal.  Funny how the light makes the same paint look completely different.

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    While the decals dry worked on the chassis.  The instructions are not very clear as to where all of the roll cage pieces go, but with patience it does work out in the end.  Lots of touch-up to be done and some additional detail painting. The hoses in the back are another matter.  Need to get the clear windows into the body before I permanently attach them to figure out where they go.

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